#VirginiaWoolf's bronze bust watches over #TavistockSquare where she once lived. She studied classics & history at #KingsCollegeLondon - students often pause to examine her thoughtful gaze. Her presence inspires & makes a connection to the past & through her potent #Feminist words, her legacy as one of the most influential 20th CE modernist authors lives on #KCLAlumni#KCLWoman
Did you know #FlorenceNightingale invented modern infographics? Her famous 1850s #CoxcombCharts proved that more soldiers died from disease than battle, changing medicine forever. At #StThomasHospital, she taught nurses to visualize data - a practice still used today. Every pandemic chart or hospital stat shows the world through Nightingale's eyes, 170 years later #KCLWoman
In the grounds of #StThomasHospital is a tribute to the Jamaican-born British nurse #MarySeacole in honour of her contributions & impact during the 1855 #CrimeanWar. The 1st statue in the UK dedicated to a named black woman, the bronze #Memorial depicts her courage, resilience & defiance, as she marches into the wind towards the battlefield carrying medical supplies #KCLWoman
The life-sized wax figure of #VirginiaWoolf in #KingsCollegeLondon watches every passing student. Armed with a copy of her seminal #Feminist book #ARoomOfOnesOwn she guards the atrium where women once needed permission to enter. Her lingering stare is haunting, it’s as if she is measuring how far we've come - a reminder to every scholar that: This space is yours now! #KCLWoman
#FlorenceNightingale started working at #StThomasHospital in 1860 with an aim to apply science to nursing. Today at #KingsCollegeLondon, her statue in the hospital’s hall observes student nurses as they study her #CoxcombCharts that prove sanitation saves lives. Her wartime hygiene manuals are kept in the archives, while the labs maintain her evidence-based standards #KCLWoman
Young #VirginiaWoolf entered #KingsCollegeLondon in 1897, when women studied in the shadow of men. Now her name shines on the #VirginiaWoolfBuilding. I touch the cool stone walls she once passed & imagine her hurried steps. Her portrait watches as I move through gates that once barred her. This building is proof that courage builds doors where walls once stood. #KCLWoman